Improved washing machine



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WILLIAM K. SHORT,`J. W. ALT.EN,AND',J0HN CRMG, 0F MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa."

Letters 'Pam No. 62,229, dated February 19,1861.

IMPROYBD WSVHING MACHINE.

v'ro ALLwHoM-IT MAY CONoEnN;

Be it known that we, WILLIAM K. Snom, I. W. ALLEN, and Joux CnAIo, of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry, and State of Iowa, have invented e, now andl useful Improvement in Washing Machine;y und :we do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which lwill euableothers 'skilled' in the art to make and use the same, referencevbeing lm l7to-the accompanying `drawings, forming'. part of this specification, in which- Y i Figure 1 is atop view' of our improved washing mz'tohne, the cover and topr cross-bar 'beingrernoverL Figure 2 is averticulliongitudinnl section of the saine, taken-through'the lin'p: x, iig.' 1f i Similar letters chief-'eretico indicate likeyparts. Y l l Our inventionlnts for its'object to furnish o. cl1e:tp,sln'ple, convenient, und effective washing machine, and

-which shallbe capable' of self-adjustment to my desired thickness of clothes.- And Iit consistsof an improved washing machine, the bottom of the box-or tubv of'vvhiclris corrugatedl transversely, and in whicb the-rubbingv is done by a horizontal rubbe',for11ied by pivoting la. seriesof octngo'nal rollers in arectnnguliir fratrie and operated by niiever, the whole being construc-ted and- :rrarrged as hereinafter more fully described.

A istlie box ortub, whichis rectangular in form;v The bottom Aya', of thepbox or tub A is corrugated,transf ,vcrsely by forming angular channels across it, "ns ShownA in ig. ,2. lOrtlie orrugution may be formed. by securcly:..ttaching angular sla-ts to said bottom. This corrugated bottom Forms tlie lower rubberof the machine.

B is the upper izubbei-,tliefrmie b of which is lrectangiilnr inform; `is ofsuch a breadth as to fit into and work freely in the box :Lund Vis of such n lengthes to allo/w it to have the vnecessary longtudinalimovement for Y rubbing the clothes. biareoctngonal rollers, which` are pivotefl to the' side-bars of the.` frzmie bl, nsvshown vin figs. 'l and 2,l so as to revolve as the rubber B is moverl hack and forth, rubbing the clothes between the ystationary lower rubber and the movable upper,one,.ns shown in iig. 2. C is n crossbar', the endsof which aresecurely attached to projections, b, formed upon the midtllepartsof thev upper edges ot" the side-bars of the frame as shown inthe drawings. In the centre of the cross-bnr() is formed socket or inor'tise, as `shown'in figs. 1 and 2, to receive the lower end of the lever D. E is -u cross-bar, the ends of which rest in notches Ain the upper 'edges oi' the sides of the box or tub A, and lievngai slot' through its iniddle part for the passage 'of'.the lever D, said cross-bars forming the fulcrum of the said lever-D in operating the machine. F is the cover, fitting upon the top of the tub or box A, and having a slot through itsfcentre for thopassoge of the lever D.. l

I Inusing the machine, the clothes to be washed are spread over the corrugated bottom a of the machine, as shown in red in fig. 2. The upper rubber B isthen placed/upon them, yund the cross-bar- E and lever D put into their places. The clothes are then rubbed by moving therubber B back tud vforth upon them byl means o f v the lever D. v

What we clair'n as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,`is.

The horizontal rubber B, consisting of the frame b1, octagonul rollers b2, projections b3, and arose-bar C,

WILLIAM K. SHORT.' v J. W. ALLEN, Witnesses: l v f JOHN CRAIG.;

M. H. GILLInAND,

J. H. KELLEY.

when constructed and arranged as herein set forth. 

